Galatians 3:7-8

3:7 so then, understand ¹  that those who believe are the sons of Abraham. ²  3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, ³  saying, “All the nations ⁴  will be blessed in you.” ⁵ 

Galatians 3:14

3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, ⁶  so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

Galatians 3:29

3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, ⁷  heirs according to the promise.

Galatians 4:28

4:28 But you, ⁸  brothers and sisters, ⁹  are children of the promise like Isaac.

Romans 4:11

4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, ¹⁰  so that he would become ¹¹  the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, ¹²  that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

Romans 4:16

4:16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, ¹³  with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants – not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, ¹⁴  who is the father of us all

Romans 4:24

4:24 but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

¹ tn Grk “know.”

² tn The phrase “sons of Abraham” is used here in a figurative sense to describe people who are connected to a personality, Abraham, by close nonmaterial ties. It is this personality that has defined the relationship and its characteristics (BDAG 1024-25 s.v. υἱός 2.c.α).

³ tn For the Greek verb προευαγγελίζομαι (proeuangelizomai) translated as “proclaim the gospel ahead of time,” compare L&N 33.216.

⁴ tn The same plural Greek word, τὰ ἔθνη (ta eqnh), can be translated as “nations” or “Gentiles.”

⁵ sn A quotation from Gen 12:3; 18:18.

⁶ tn Or “so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus.”

⁷ tn Grk “seed.” See the note on the first occurrence of the word “descendant” in 3:16.

⁸ tc Most mss (א A C D² Ψ 062 Ï lat sy bo) read “we” here, while “you” is found in Ì⁴⁶ B D* F G 0261^vid 0278 33 1739 al sa. It is more likely that a copyist, noticing the first person pronouns in vv. 26 and 31, changed a second person pronoun here to first person for consistency.

⁹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.

¹⁰ tn Grk “of the faith, the one [existing] in uncircumcision.”

¹¹ tn Grk “that he might be,” giving the purpose of v. 11a.

¹² tn Grk “through uncircumcision.”

¹³ tn Grk “that it might be according to grace.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “those who are of the faith of Abraham.”